Description

CONFERENCE THEME

With the ever-increasing demand for mass transport by road, rail, air and sea, so is the potential for accidents and equipment failures. The resultant human injuries and damage to property present a massive burden on society. Thus scientists and engineers face an increasing challenge of finding solutions that greatly improve transport safety.

The objective of this conference is to encourage scientists and engineers meet this challenge by providing a valuable forum in which they can present and discuss their work in this most important field of crashworthiness.

Since their inception at Dearborn, USA, in 1998, the International Crashworthiness Conferences have become a well-recognised platform for engineers, bioengineers, designers and researchers in the field of structural crashworthiness and impact biomechanics.

The ICrash 2006 debates will focus on advanced crashworthy structures and impact energy management, new concepts in restraint systems, new occupant mechanics hypotheses and improved surrogate biofidelity, new definitions of pedestrian mechanics, and new test approval procedures based on real world accident data and, as usual, will reflect the ever increasing importance of computer modelling and its validation.

Significant reductions in injuries and damage will only be achieved through tackling crashworthiness problems, head-on, and cooperation in developing new technologies leading to the development of better mobile structures. Your participation in the debates at the ICrash 2006 conference will make a valuable contribution in this regard.

CONFERENCE SCOPE

The conference will address five distinct areas of crashworthiness expertise in separate sessions.